Polygamist jailed for life over murder of man chatting with ex-girlfriend

A Kenyan man, Kalungasha Sena, has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing a young man, who was chatting with his ex-girlfriend.

Sena was found guilty of murder by a magistrate court in Narok County and was originally sentenced to death. He, however, appealed the judgement prompting the High Court to commute it to a life sentence, reports SDE.

According to court records, Sena attacked the deceased after finding him with his ex-girlfriend. The deceased was having a chat with Sena’s former girlfriend when he appeared and stabbed him to death.

When he was being questioned, Sena told the court that he was 60 years old, married to one wife and two others whom he inherited from his late brothers.

At the end of the day, the judge ruled that: “The aggravating factors include the fact that the accused murdered the 28-year-old deceased person. The deceased was a young man. The lady the accused and deceased were fighting over was not the wife of the accused.”

The upshot of the foregoing is that I find that this is a case that calls for a non-death penalty. Furthermore, it calls for a deterrent sentence in respect of the accused and against potential offenders. I, therefore, sentence the accused to life imprisonment.”